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Vaclav Smil

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Vaclav Smil is a Distinguished Professor of Environment and Geography at the University of Manitoba.

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The Limits of Energy Innovation

May 13, 2009 Vaclav Smil

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What Has Google Ever Done for Us?

Oct 19, 2018 Yanis Varoufakis argues that because users manufacture a portion of Big Tech's capital, social property rights should follow.

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China’s Repressed Memory

Oct 19, 2018 Chris Patten follows a common thread running through three recent novels by the exiled writer Ma Jian.

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The Economics of the Climate Crisis

Oct 19, 2018 José Antonio Ocampo concludes that gradualism is no longer an option in the fight against global warming.

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The Sino-American Cold War’s Collateral Damage

Oct 19, 2018 Minxin Pei warns that further escalation of tensions between the US and China would yield catastrophic results.

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The Disruptive Power of Ethnic Nationalism

Oct 19, 2018 Shlomo Ben-Ami argues that the West's liberal democrats cannot afford to ignore the basic human desire for belonging.

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When Agricultural Workers Go Hungry

Oct 18, 2018 Hilal Elver & Melissa Shapiro ask why so many farm workers can't put enough food on their plates.

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Are Britons Really Softening on Immigration?

Oct 18, 2018 Johnny Runge wonders if public attitudes toward migrants have really changed as much as recent polls suggest.

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The High Cost of High Finance

Oct 18, 2018 Howard Davies advises cities to think twice before seeking to attract financial firms fleeing post-Brexit London.

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